GAZA -- At least 26 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured on Wednesday in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said.

In the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis, Israeli warplanes bombed a home in the Sheikh Nasser neighborhood, killing four people, including a child and two women, according to Palestinian medical sources. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)

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MADRID -- The Spanish government declared three days of official mourning on Wednesday as the death toll from devastating flash floods rose to 72 in the eastern region of Valencia and the neighboring provinces of Albacete and Cuenca.

Exceptionally heavy rainfall, totaling over 400 liters per square meter, flooded parts of Valencia and the provinces of Albacete and Cuenca within just a few hours between Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. (Spain-Flooding-Death toll)

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SOFIA -- The coalition of the GERB Party and the Union of Democratic Forces (GERB-UDF) won Bulgaria's recent early parliamentary elections, according to final results published by the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Wednesday.

With the results in, GERB-UDF will hold 69 seats in the 240-member National Assembly following Sunday's election. The We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) coalition took second place with 37 seats, the CEC reported. (Bulgaria-Elections-Parliament)

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BEIRUT -- Israeli airstrikes targeted dozens of towns and villages in eastern and southern Lebanon on Wednesday, killing 31 people and injuring 27 others, according to official and military sources in Lebanon.

The Lebanese military sources, who spoke anonymously, told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes and drones carried out 55 airstrikes on towns and villages in southern Lebanon, including 17 raids on the southeast village of Khiam. (Lebanon-Israel-Hezbollah) Enditem

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